Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Add Reply
Horse Heights, Colors, Markings, & Patterns (Registration)
Topic Started: Sep 26 2010, 08:20 PM (21 Views)
Root Admin
Administrator
Unsure of how to fill out the aspect of your horse's (imaginary) appearance in the registration? Then this guide should be of help to you.


MADE TO MEASURE (HEIGHT)

14.2 hands high is the magic measurement that distinguishes a horse from a pony. We don't have any pony breeds in Equestrian Flame, so that should tell you they all must be above 14.2hh! Most of the breeds we offer are usually in the 16 and 17hhs, but we'll accept anything from 14.2hh to 18hh.

A "hand", in measurement terms, is four inches. Horses are measured in hands. Their measurement is taken up to the point of their withers (that bump on their shoulders where their neck connects to their body). "HH" or "hh" stands for "hands high", which tells how tall the horse is.

A horse that is 15.1hh would be 15 hands and 1 inch, and since a hand is four inches, there can only be .1, .2, and .3. Once it gets to ".4" it'd turn into the another hand. A horse cannot be 15.4hh because that passes the four inch mark! It's like saying 1'12'' (one foot twelve inches), but we all know that is actually 2'! Instead of being 15.4hh, they would be 16hh.


SO MUCH VARIETY! (COLOR)

What we mean for "color" is what the horse's base coat is. Here are some examples of better-known horse colors to help you pick one if you're confused.

Light Bay
Medium Bay
Dark Bay
Chestnut
Liver Chestnut
Sorrel
Dapple Gray
Buckskin
Palomino
Cremello
Seal Brown
Black


What's the difference between dark bay, liver chestnut, and seal brown?

In order to be bay the horse needs to have black leg markings, a black mane and tail, and black on their ears. When you look at the liver chestnut, they don't have those markings like you can see on the dark bay. True seal brown also does not have those distinctions and it looks more like a faded back.

What's the difference between chestnut and sorrel?

A sorrel horse is a chestnut horse with the "pangare" genetic modifier. Pangare makes it so their lower legs, muzzle, and parts of their underbelly appear lighter than the rest of their coat. Pangare can effect bay horses as well. A bay with pangare is called "mealy mouth bay".

What's the difference between buckskin and palomino?

Easily put a buckskin is yellow with a black mane and tail while a palomino is yellow with a white mane and tail, but really a buckskin is a dilute of a bay and a palomino is a dilute of a chestnut. Like a bay, a buckskin will have a black mane and tail, black leg markings, and black ears - they also often have a black stripe going down their back called a dorsal stripe.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Help And Information · Next Topic »
Add Reply

Theme created by BloodPheasant741 of the ZetaBoards Theme Zone.